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PANAMA CITY, (Reuters) – Panamanian authorities seized scores of digital files after a 27-hour raid on the offices of Mossack Fonseca, the law firm at the center of the “Panama Papers” leaks scandal, but have made no arrests, officials said yesterday.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff pledged yesterday to form a government of national unity if she survives an impeachment vote in Congress this weekend, but the odds of that lengthened as allies continued to desert her.

GURI, Venezuela,  (Reuters) – Drought has turned parts of the area behind Venezuela’s Guri dam, one of the world’s biggest, into a desert, but the government is optimistic of rain within weeks to drive the vast installation that provides the bulk of the OPEC nation’s power.

OTTAWA/WINNIPEG, Manitoba,  (Reuters) – Canadian legislators told an emergency parliamentary session on Tuesday night that a rash of suicide attempts by aboriginal teenagers in a remote, poverty-stricken community was “completely unacceptable” and vowed steps to keep it from happening again.

Consideration by the AFC of the resignation of its Chairman Nigel Hughes has been deferred and he will instead proceed on a leave of absence, a statement today from the party said.

The Special Projects Unit (SPU), under the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, wishes to inform the general public that Brickdam, Stabroek, between Avenue of the Republic and Camp Street, will be closed to facilitate maintenance road works.

MIAMI, United States, CMC – Caribbean Football Union head, Gordon Derrick, has been barred by football’s world governing body, FIFA, from running for CONCACAF president, after failing an integrity check.

OTTAWA/WINNIPEG, Manitoba, (Reuters) – Canadian legislators told an emergency parliamentary session on Tuesday night that a rash of suicide attempts by aboriginal teenagers in a remote, poverty-stricken community was “completely unacceptable” and vowed steps to keep it from happening again.

Just shy of a year since the APNU+AFC coalition swept the PPP/C out of office, the AFC and the government face delicate talks over how to address serious differences and contain a burgeoning scandal around Minister of State Joseph Harmon without undermining their February 14, 2015 alliance.

Transparency Institute Guyana Inc (TIGI) last night said it will request a meeting with embattled Minister of State Joseph Harmon and send him a series of questions about his conduct and it is maintaining its stand on the corrupt nature of the minister’s actions.

The Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) was never officially informed by the relevant council officers that attempts to elect a Mayor and Chairpersons in the six local government areas where there were electoral ties resulted in stalemates, PPP/C commissioner Sase Gunraj says.

Demerara Tobacco Company Limited (Demtoco) is concerned that the long in the works Tobacco Bill, if passed, could severely affect the ability of the company to continue to operate.

Businessman Ed Ahmad who is facing sentencing in New York on April 25 for mortgage fraud conspiracy is seeking a further delay to June so he can benefit from reports on his cooperation with the US government in the conviction of former state senator, John Sampson.

The relatives of Shemroy Cave Jr are inconsolable after the young man died last night  in an accident on the Mocha Access Road, East Bank Demerara.

Sub-officer of the Guyana Fire Service Chriswayne LaRose yesterday described the fear he experienced upon witnessing inmates break out from their cell block to go to the aid of those trapped in the burning Capital A Division of the Camp Street Prison.

The police have released the driver who was involved in the accident that claimed the life of Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Corporal Lashana Moore on station bail after he was charged with two traffic offences.

Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) yesterday said that an “amicable settlement” has been reached with the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) in a longstanding dispute over Consumption Tax which will see it paying $1.5b to GRA to settle all claims up to March 9, 2016.

One person remains in custody over the shooting death of a 58-year-old Albion man on Sunday in a  home invasion.

Local human rights groups and supporters yesterday staged another picketing exercise in front of the Ministry of the Presidency to press for the reassignment of Minister of Social Protection Volda Lawrence.

State Pathologist Dr. Nehaul Singh yesterday testified that an autopsy on the body of two-year old Kimani Philips had found that she had been sodomised.